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<body>Greetings, colleagues! <div><br /></div><div>I hope you are all keeping safe and well (even if somewhat frustrated) in these lock-down days.</div><div><br /></div><div>This old former practitioner and later, long-time teacher of "cat. and class." <span> </span><span>regularly watched your exchanges on DCRM-L with great interest, but following retirement years ago, never got round to cancelling the connection. I must admit that in recent times there have been highly detailed technical exchanges about developments which mean very little or nothing to me now. On the other hand . . . </span><span>Ah, </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">tête-bêche</i><span> and all that. The Oxford English Dictionary used to think it was all about postage stamps (does it still? I must check), but last week's exchanges were enlightening and amusing, and may suggest areas for further investigation. Perhaps a doctoral thesis for someone on publication and </span><span>cataloguing practice of bilingual publications</span><span> </span><span> </span><span>in bilingual countries?<i> </i></span><span> For instance</span><i style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"> </i><span>Canada, Finland, or even here in Wales. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Best wishes to one and all. Keep going — libraries (and librarians) matter!</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Tony in Aberystwyth</span></div></body></html>